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North American potash production in June rose 13.5 percent to 914,398 tonsfrom 805,740 tons

Ausimont NV was notified by the International Trade Commission that imports of polytetrafluorethylen

1211 (Aug. 16, 1988) Previous day - 1209 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

A voluntary union-management compromise, hammered out with the direct encouragement of the Interstat

The Travelers Corp. plans to sell its surety operations, which recorded 1987 net written premiums of

Signs of renewed inflation in the United Kingdom must be strictly monitored, even though there is no

American industry operated at 83.5 percent of capacity in July, the highest operating level in eight

While Alaska's new hard-rock mines are expected to boom during the next few years, another kind of A

BankAmerica Corp. said Monday that it is relocating its Bank of America New York foreign exchange tr

VIKING FREIGHT STOCK PURCHASED BY ROADWAYAKRON, Ohio - Roadway Services Inc. said Tuesday it

Del Monte Tropical Fruit Co. has found a customer for the space on six newly built refrigerated vess

LAWSUIT SEEKS TO BLOCK STATE FARM CAMPAIGNA motorist sued State Farm Mutual Insurance Cos.,

International Fair of Arequipa, Peru. A fair for capital goods and equipment, consumer goods and art

A sharp surge in exports from the Philippines to the United States indicates the former's trade surp

The Coleman Co. has never had a bloodier year. Five times in the last 10 months, the world's

He sometimes talked about his job as pick-and-shovel work and himself as a gardener, images no one w

* Erich Heinemann - Happy Anniversary, Mr. Greenspan 8A * Richard Lawrence - Forging a Pacif

Huge financial losses and the failure to find new lenders forced American Freight System Inc. to cea

GERMAN-FLAG FLEET CONTINUES TO SHRINKFRANKFURT, West Germany - The size of the West German-f

UNILEVER POSTS RISE IN SECOND QUARTER NETUnilever, the Anglo-Dutch household products group,

August 15, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

Major improvements are slated for three area airports, including Kansas City International, followin

Entrepreneur Randy Nicholson of Abilene, Texas, plans to open 100 gasoline stations in Texas and Ari

DE LEUW, CATHER & CO. (Washington, D.C.) - Gary E. Griggs was named vice president and manager, busi

Gov. Mario M. Cuomo next month is expected to sign a bill that would require life and health insurer

Except for one or two rumored deals, demand for Brazilian debt paper by potential investors has been

YASUDA TRUST & BANKING CO. LTD. (Tokyo) - Minoru Yamada was named managing director, a new position

Diana Yoshikawa, a former Stanford University professor and founder of a Palo Alto, Calif., consulti

IRAQ ABOLISHES ITS TOURISM AGENCYBAGHDAD, Iraq - The government Monday abolished the State T

CHINA PLANS TO LINK PAY TO INFLATION RATEChina soon will give its workers a large raise and

The federal budget crunch is crimping government financing for U.S. exports, the Export-Import Bank

SmithKline Beckman Corp. and Symphar SA of Geneva signed an agreement to conduct collaborative resea

FERRO CORP. (Cleveland) - Kenneth Barr was made vice president of the specialty plastics group. Befo

THIRD CHICAGO AIRPORT GETS EARLY GO-AHEADThe construction of a third Chicago-area airport ad

A severe shortage of computer memory chips is slowly beginning to ease, but U.S. electronics makers

ST. THOMAS, V.I. - Despite the enticing lure of the weather, the beaches, the shopping bargains, the

MATT SCOCOZZA'S SOFT SPOT for people may best be described in a line acknowledged by Jeff Shane, dep

A Japanese loan of up to US$6 billion is expected to be offered to China later this month, banking a

Mon., Aug. 15, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

THE AMERICAN-ISRAEL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INC. (New York) - Emmanuel Gantz, a veteran bus